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<p><a href="/sites/default/files/VISITING-THE-OLD-FOX-ANIMATION-STUDIOS.jpg"><img width="260" height="260" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="left" alt="Visiting the Old &quot;Fox Animation Studios&quot; Building in Phoenix Arizona in 2012. The photograph in the first image was taken on my first day of work back in 1995." class="lightbox" src="/sites/default/files/VISITING-THE-OLD-FOX-ANIMATION-STUDIOS.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>Yesterday I went by the old &quot;Fox Animation Studios&quot; building where I started my career back in 1995. (Click on the small image to the left, to see the full-size images.)</p>
<p>The photograph I'm holding in the first image was taken on my first day of work in August of 1995. I worked there for Over 4 years.</p>
<p>At this studio we completed 3 Animated Feature Films for 20th Century Fox. &quot;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.mikehogue.com/blog/career-highlights-anastasia-1995-1997">Anastasia</a>&quot; (1997), &quot;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.mikehogue.com/blog/career-highlights-bartok-magnificent-1999">Bartok the Magnificent</a>&quot; (1998), and &quot;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.mikehogue.com/blog/career-highlights-titan-ae-2000">Titan A.E.</a>&quot; (2000) with Director's Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Clicking the links to the movies will open up previous &quot;Career Highlights&quot; blog entries about my time working on those films.</p>
<p>The studio closed down halfway into the year 2000. The building has been boarded up behind a barb-wire fence since then, and It's scheduled to be demolished this summer since it's really prime real-estate in the ritzy &quot;Biltmore&quot; shopping area of Phoenix.&nbsp;So while visiting my friends in Phoenix, I thought I'd stop by and get some photos for the last time.</p>
<p>Really what this building represents to me is one of the best moments in my career, some of the best years in my life, and its the place I met the many talented friends, who I remain friends with today. I'm grateful to know them all. :)</p>
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